Quaternion Poems | Examples

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Premium Member Woman

Woman

A breast upon her body; 
all men they do adore. 
When you think they have enough, 
they always ask for more. 

A breast upon her body; 
its pleasure is unbound, 
for only in a lover’s arms, 
there beauty can be found. 

A breast upon her body; 
all covered laid in silk. 
When in time they ripen, 
they give you mother’s milk. 

A breast upon her body; 
a beauty to behold. 
A pleasure to every man, 
whether young or old.

By
Josehf Lloyd Murchison

Premium Member FOUR by FOUR a quaternion

quaternion looks poetically (using any form)at a topic from 4 aspects -

in this example seasons 

WINTER
in
anger-
whips up the waves,
pounds the shingle
shore
SPRING
in
action-
brings to life
and feathers its
nest
SUMMER
so 
lazy-
rests the soul
and flowers the
land
AUTUMN
so
mellow-
scents and sounds
in the harvest
home.

Premium Member QUATERNION explained

WINTER
in
anger-
whips up the waves,
pounds the shingle
shore
SPRING
in
action-
brings to life
and feathers its
nest
SUMMER
so 
lazy-
rests the soul
and flowers the
land
AUTUMN
so
mellow-
scents and sounds
in the harvest
home.


Premium Member Hiku Quaternion 4x4

shadows lengthen
chestnuts roast-
winter betides

Premium Member Hiku Quaternion 3x4

flower presses
fruit preserves-
autumn frays

Premium Member Hiku Quaternion 2x4

bluebells chime
wasps picnic-
summer stays


Premium Member Hiku Quaternion 1x4

catkins
   murmur
spring bides

Premium Member Verse Freed To Quaternion

FOUR SEASONS
May
breezes
in the trees
High summer
lightens
long
Fall
tints red
Autumn's stall
Asleep,winter
acts as
dead

Premium Member My Choice Quaternion

WINTER
in
anger-
whips up the waves,
pounds the shingle
shore
SPRING
in
action-
brings to life
and feathers its
nest
SUMMER
so 
lazy-
rests the soul
and flowers the
land
AUTUMN
so
mellow-
scents and sounds
in the harvest
home.

Premium Member Quaternion An Example

F   O  R   E   S   T
F   U  N   G   A   L
F   O  R   A   Y   S
L   I   T   T   E   R
A  U   T   U   M   N


A   R   C   T   I   C
F   R   E   E   Z   E
W  A   R   M  E   R
B   R   E   E   Z   E
W   I   N   T   E  R
F   L   O   O   D  S


G   O   L   D   E   N
Y   E   L   L   O   W
C   A   T   K   I   N
W   I   L   L   O   W
G   R   E   E   T   S
S   P   R   I   N   G


B   O   N   F   I   R   E
B   U   R   N   I   N   G
C   O   M   P  O   S   T
T   U   R   N   I   N   G
S   I   G   N   A   L   S
S   U   M  M   E   R   S
P   A   S   S   I   N   G 




Quaternion is a poetry style where the theme is divided into four,the word being derived from 
the Latin word quaterni,meaning four by four.The poem maybe in any poetic form

Premium Member Quaternion

DECEMBER festive in evergreen
MARCH trumpets a Springtime scene
JUNE'S high moment,too,too soon
SEPTEMBER bedecked in Autumn's  bloom

Premium Member A Quaternion Quatrain

FALL beheld
      WINTER withstood
SPRING becomes
      SUMMER without

Premium Member Lanterne As a Quaternion

WINTER
in
anger-
whips up the waves,
pounds the shingle
shore
SPRING
in
action-
brings to life
and feathers its
nest
SUMMER
so 
lazy-
rests the soul
and flowers the
land
AUTUMN
so
mellow-
scents and sounds
in the harvest
home.

Premium Member Fibonacci As a Quaternion

re-post inspired by Constance contest

Fibonacci-Life quaternion

Me-
so
many
emotions
in one syllable

In
our
public
personna-
private passions glow

A
well
within-
images,
pictures in the mind

To
be
or not-
crucial
heart of the matter

Premium Member A Couplet Quaternion

re-post inspired by Constance contest

AGES OF MAN

AGES OF MAN

Winding brooklets filled narrow streams
into rivers of his childhood dreams

Youthful romance begins with a kiss
concluded in a lifetime of bliss

Love,life-long,ever-lasting
with moments,so tender-tasting

Not for  second,did he regret his choice
Each minute now,he missed her voice

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